File contains a variety of items concerning the Black Oral History Project which was funded by a grant from the Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations. Both the Kansas City Public Library and...

Article summarizes plans to restore the Boone Theater, a historic building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at the corner of 18th & Vine Streets. Dr. Doretha K....

The National Archives staff are preparing their exhibit on the 1918 flu pandemic to go on display May 23 through January 23, 2009. Many believe that the "Spanish flu" actually sprang out of Kansas, and...

The Jewish Community Archives of Kansas City recently held an event to remove the cornerstone from the old Jewish Community Center (JCC) building at 8201 Holmes Street. JCC occupied the building from 1961-1986....

Part of "Stories From the Library and Archives", article deals with the question of slavery in the Louisiana Territory before Missouri became a state. Demonstrates with letters and books from the time...

Scanned and reproduced collection of Clay County, Missouri, plat maps dating to the mid-1860s. Published in 2011 by the Clay County Archives and Historical Library. A property owner index was published...

The Jewish Community Archives of Greater Kansas City is housed at The Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City. Its new executive director, Judy Parelman, has put out a call for contributions...

Photos, maps, and information on the Research Library and Archives for the Community of Christ Church in Independence, Missouri, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...

Article on the Federal Writer's Project records housed in the Special Collections at Wichita State University Libraries. The project operated in Kansas from 1935 until 1942, hiring men and women on relief...

Photo and bio of Dr. Philip Brooks, a retiring vice-president of the Jackson County Historical Society since 1960 and director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library since its opening in 1957, describing...

Nineteenth-century Italian artist Jerome Fedeli moved to Kansas City in 1881. Fedeli was responsible for the decoration of many public buildings and private residences in Kansas City and other ares. Some...

From the Native Sons Archives, ''Manuscripts 2,'' the photocopies give information about the pictures, engravings, drawings of early Kansas City including ''Woodcut from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room...

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a Brownfields grant for $165,047 to help clean up the Paseo YMCA near 18th and the Paseo so it can be turned into the John "Buck" O'Neil Education and Research...

Collection of photographs published throughout the history of the Kansas City Star newspaper. Many are street scenes, special events, notable structures, and prominent individuals. Each photo is accompanied...